In my post “The Bible Alone” I offered a definition of sola scriptura as “the belief that the Bible alone is the final and infallible authority in matters of Christian faith and that tradition, reason and emotions, though important, must ultimately be evaluated in light of Scripture.”
I later deleted the words “and infallible” from that definition because they seemed to add unnecessary confusion. The Reformers didn’t view Biblical inspiration (a belief held by all Christians) as necessitating a belief in the absolute inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture. (more…)
